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Apr 2025
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The Paradox of Routines

Sahil Bloom
About this episode

Morning routines have been a hot topic of discussion lately, mostly prompted by a mega-viral video of an Instagram influencer running through his elaborate minute-by-minute rituals.


It's incredibly good content—the ASMR sounds, the shots, the execution—but is having a fancy, complicated morning routine really going to change your life?

If you aren't going to start dunking your face in expensive bottled water before 6am, can you still be successful?


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